Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]sorry, john, not a game i have any interest in just trying to help tina ric On Jun 10, 2013, at 10:00 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > Yawn, we all know if you look long/hard enough you will find web examples > for/against anything you want. He gives no examples and for the past many > years both have used the same components (CPU, RAM, HDD etc). > > A PC will probably be built cheaper, you have been told how. A Mac Pro is > not outlandishly expensive if you look at the components used (it is more > server spec than desktop), it is just whether you need that power - most > PS usage is far less computer intensive than video or 3D rendering. It > should be apparent that a higher ratio of photographers use a Mac compared > to overall Mac/PC ratio so there may be a reason for that..... > > john > ________________________________________ > > > Well, here's a guy who moved from Mac to Windows and expects the whole > industry to go that way. A prominent photographer: > > "You want fast, and I mean *FAST*, great value, user upgradable, very > stable > high quality computing? Get a fully loaded PC running Windows 7...get two > or three! > > I'm not a Windows fanboy, we run 3 PC's and two Macs, but I've got to tell > you, the PC's are the go-to machines here, and have been for some time. > Photoshop used to be optimised for Mac, but no longer. If you're locked > into a Mac way of thinking, this all evaporates once you're in the Adobe > ecosystem, as it's for the most part identical. Just a couple of keyboard > differences which are quick to learn or can be worked around easily with a > little freeware utility called Key Tweak which enables you to remap your > keyboard. (PC only). I use the brilliant Apple keyboards on my PC's and use > Key Tweak to remap the Alt and Windows keys. > > FWIW one tangible advantage of Adobe Cloud is the ability to deregister a > program on a Mac, then load and register on your PC (or vice versa) > > Apple does seem to be losing the plot. I expect we'll be fully PC within a > year or so." > > I'm not interested in a debate either. I just want the best machine for > what I do. > > Tina > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:37 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at > mac.com>wrote: > >> >> On Jun 10, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> But why would you buy a Mac to run Windows software? Does that make >> sense? >>> I know the two are getting closer together all the time but there is >> still >>> a fundamental difference the actual involvement of the user with the >>> program. I don't want to let the machine control me. I want to control >>> the machine. That has been the difference I've seen between Mac and PC. >>> Besides, Bill Gates has totally redeemed himself with his charitable >> works >>> all over the world. I'm not sure what Jobs ever did for the world? >> >> Those that I've known do it because they've needed 1 - 3 pieces of >> software that were windows only; >> though much preferred everything else to be MAC - most especially the main >> OS - for all its positives. >> >> Those people I've known who've moved from Windows to MAC - have never >> regretted the move. >> Most especially the photographers, graphic designers and video folks. >> >> I have no interest in a MAC vs. Windows debate here. >> Matters not at all to me what equipment people use to do what they do. >> Simply trying to answer the questions; >> based on my personal knowledge of working people I've known. >> >> I've never met a person who moved from MAC to Windows. >> I've met a whole lot of people who moved from Windows to MAC. >> >> In the world of video editing >> people have moved from MAC to Avid (and other editing systems) then back >> to MAC. >> I'm not sure what the video editing system of choice is at the moment; >> I've sort of dropped out of that game. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information